Catherine, Thanks for the info, and I'll certainly fill out the survey. Mark ---------- ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Catherine Thomas" <braille@xxxxxxxxx> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 4:02 AM Subject: Re: Optacons Mark, You might wish to check with Richard Oehm, Oehm Electronics, San Jose,=20 California. He is one of our repairers and he also had some spare = Optacons=20 that that some of our list members had unearthed. We also have repairers = in England, Australia and Canada. While it is true that no Optacons have been produced since the 1990's,=20 many of our list members can tell you that the reconditioned machines = work=20 just fine. The repairers that we have each really care about Optacons. Richard's email is: oehmelec@xxxxxxx Phone: 408-971-6250 Occasionally Optacons turn up on ebay. Some of our listers keep track of = that. With any luck at all, you could have an Optacon by Christmas (and=20 they say there is no Santa Claus, what do they know)? Also, the Optacon user list has a survey which we ask Optacon users to=20 complete. You've already told us most of the things which are on the=20 survey, but I'll send it to you anyway. If any other list member needs the survey, let me know and I'll send it. Catherine -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -Catherine Thomas braille@xxxxxxxxx / -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------ To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the = quotes) in the message subject. =20 Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a = message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the = quotes) in the message subject. =20 To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject.